Biden endorsed Harris on Sunday -- and, since then, a wave of others Democrats have done so. Harris on Monday secured enough delegates to become presumptive Democratic nominee, ABC News reported.
Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris' speech at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) national convention, AFT President Randi Weingarten and National Education Association President Becky Pringle both endorsed Harris for president.
"Vice President Harris has delivered time and again for students and educators, and educators know we can count on her continued partnership in expanding access to free school meals for students, investing in student mental health, working to ensure no educator has to carry the weight of crushing student debt and, doing everything possible to keep our communities and schools safe," Pringle said in a statement Tuesday. Harris is expected to give a keynote address this week at the AFT convention in Houston, on Thursday. She will be speaking to the nation's largest teachers union at their 88th annual gathering. ABC News' Arthur Jones II Jul 23, 7:34 PM 'Harris is chronically underestimated,' Hillary Clinton says
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published an op-ed in the New York Times on Tuesday reaffirming her support of Harris and warning of the attacks that Republicans will use against her during the campaign.
The 2016 Democratic nominee said that Harris is "chronically underestimated, as are so many women in politics, but she is well prepared for this moment," citing the vice president's experience as a prosecutor, U.S. senator and four years in the White House. "Harris has sat with the president in the Situation Room, helping make the hardest decisions a leader can make. And when the extremist Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she became the administration’s most passionate and effective advocate for restoring women’s reproductive rights," Clinton wrote. Clinton referred to her own candidacy and the sexist attacks labeled against her by Republicans and critics. She said Harris "will face unique additional challenges as the first Black and South Asian woman to be at the top of a major party’s ticket." "Ms. Harris’s record and character will be distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and the kind of ugly prejudice we’re already hearing from MAGA mouthpieces. She and the campaign will have to cut through the noise, and all of us as voters must be thoughtful about what we read, believe and share," Clinton said. Jul 23, 6:44 PM Sen. Mark Kelly dodges questions about possible VP consideration
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly dodged questions from an ABC News reporter Tuesday about whether he received vetting materials for a potential vice presidential ticket.
"This is not about me," he said. "I'm going to be focused on doing everything I can to make sure she is elected because we cannot have a repeat of what we saw between 2016 and 2020." Kelly is seen as one of the front-runners to be Vice President Harris' running mate, sources have told ABC News. -ABC News' Allison Pecorin Jul 23, 5:57 PM Harris to visit Houston on Thursday
Harris is scheduled to visit Houston on Thursday to deliver the keynote speech at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th national convention, according to the campaign.
"The Vice President’s speech to educators from communities throughout the nation is a continuation of her consistent efforts to fight for workers across America, including as Chair of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment," the campaign said in a statement. -ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett Jul 23, 5:43 PM Planned Parenthood Action Fund backs Harris
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund announced Tuesday that it will support Harris's presidential bid, citing her work promoting women's reproductive rights.
"Here’s the undeniable truth: Vice President Kamala Harris is the only person running for president that we can trust to protect access to abortion," Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a statement. -ABC News' Ely Brown Jul 23, 4:32 PM Congressional Black Caucus expresses their 'full and unanimous support' for Harris
The Congressional Black Caucus PAC (CBCPAC) extended its enthusiastic endorsement of Harris as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee during a press conference Tuesday.
Chair Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., expressed the caucus' "full and unanimous support." "She is the most experienced individual for our safety and security around the world," he said. "She has more experience than any of the past four presidents before President Biden. She's the right person at the right time to get the job done." The caucus also highlighted recent Zoom calls in which thousands of Black women continue to organize support efforts on behalf of Harris. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., explained that he "cannot wait" to hold his 5-year-old daughter's hand and "see this incredibly talented Black woman become President of the United States of America." -ABC News' Emily Chang Jul 23, 5:21 PM Everytown, other gun safety groups endorse Harris
A coalition of major gun safety groups announced their joint endorsement Tuesday of Harris' bid for the top of the ticket, framing the choice for who holds the Oval Office as a matter of grave safety.
The coalition included Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, as well as Newtown Action Alliance and Community Justice Action Fund. "Throughout her career in public service, Vice President Harris has been a powerful force in the fight for our freedoms -- including the freedom to live free from the threat of gun violence. Gun extremists have a dream ticket with Trump and Vance, and our volunteers stand ready to do everything in our power to elect Vice President Harris back into the White House," Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action, said in a statement to ABC News. Everytown backed the Biden-Harris ticket last year. Brady, another gun-control group, which backed Harris on Sunday, also reiterated its support Tuesday. "A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote to free America from the grips of gun violence. This November, our lives are on the ballot," Kris Brown, the president of Brady, said in a statement. Similar groups, Team ENOUGH and GIFFORDS -- founded by Gabby Giffords -- are also endorsing Harris. Giffords' husband is Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, who a source tells ABC News is among a list of vice presidential hopefuls being vetted to be her running mate. Lauding the Biden-Harris administration's work on gun safety, some of the groups specifically highlighted the work Harris has already done to address gun violence nationwide -- and in Black and Hispanic communities. "Everything we've worked towards could be rolled back on day one with the wrong administration in charge," José Alfaro, executive director of the Community Justice Action Fund, said in a statement. "As Vice President, Harris has shown unwavering dedication to addressing gun violence nationwide as a public health issue, investing hundreds of millions of dollars in community violence intervention and leading the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. These acts carry on the legacy of Black women, pushing, fighting, and willing change to happen in the gun violence prevention movement." -ABC News' Sasha Pezenik Jul 23, 3:24 PM Harris chastises Trump, thanks supporters during first rally in Wisconsin
Harris rallied voters in battleground Wisconsin on Tuesday, her first presidential campaign event since securing enough delegate pledges for the Democratic nomination if they keep their word -- and used the rally to sharply frame her race against former President Donald Trump.
Harris attacked Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, on the issue of abortion and Project 2025, the conservative presidential transition blueprint fronted by the Heritage Foundation. "We'll stop Donald Trump's extreme abortion bans because we trust women to make decisions about their own body and not have the government tell them what to do," Harris said to raucous applause. "And when Congress passes the law to restore reproductive freedoms, as president of the United States, I will sign it into law." Pool via ABC News - PHOTO: Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event, on July 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
During the rally, Harris touted her previous experience while making a dig at Trump.
"In those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds: predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain," she said. "So, hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump's type."
-ABC News' Fritz Farrow and Sarah Beth Hensley Jul 23, 2:39 PM Biden makes first appearance since dropping out of the race
Biden briefly spoke with reporters as he boarded Air Force One at Dover Air Base on Tuesday.
The president, who tested negative for COVID-19, said he was "feeling well," and didn't respond to questions about bowing out of the race. Biden had a mask in hand, which he placed in his pocket after he got out of the car before getting on the plane. Ken Cedeno/Reuters - PHOTO: President Joe Biden gestures before boarding Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Delaware, July 23, 2024. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP - PHOTO: President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., on July 23, 2024.
The president gave a salute and a thumbs up as he boarded.
-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett Jul 23, 1:24 PM Schumer, Jeffries endorse Harris Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images - PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries voiced their strong support for Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. "We are here today to throw our support behind Vice President Kamala Harris," Schumer said. "We are brimming with excitement, enthusiasm and unity," Schumer said as he announced that Harris would be the candidate. "She said she would work to earn the support of our party and boy did she do so, in quick order." Schumer noted a "surge of enthusiasm from every corner of our party uniting behind Vice President Harris." He touted her record and said her candidacy is the "next chapter in our quest" to ensure former President Donald Trump does not become retake the White House. Jeffries said Harris is "ready, willing and able to lead us into the future." "I am proud to strongly endorse Kamala Harris to be the 47th President of the United States of America," Jeffries said. -ABC News' Allison Pecorin Click here to read the rest of the blog.
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